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Revision as of 18:20, 21 December 2013
Contents
Introduction
The Konsort is one of Westerly's most long lived designs with over 700 built during a 12 year period. The Konsort is an impressive package for a 28' yacht: roomy enough for 4 people; safe wide side decks; large stowage space; good engine access and hull speed of 6.7 knots.
Early models have a fold-up table in the saloon. This was replaced by a fixed table with bottle storage in later models.
The size of sail-area is somewhat conservative by modern standards but this does mean she can carry all sail up to the top end of force 4. She is a stiff boat with no obvious vices, and a delight to manoeuvre in a crowded marina.
Early boats were fitted with a Bukh DV20. Latterly they were fitted with a Volvo 2002.
Statistics
Designer: | Laurent Giles | |
Keel: | Fin / Twin / Lifting | |
Cockpit: | Aft | |
LOA (feet): | 28' 10" | |
LWL (feet): | 25' 6" | |
Beam (feet): | 10' 9" | |
Draft (feet): | 5' 4" / 3' 3" / 3' 6" - 6' 9 | |
Displacement (lb): | 8,516 | |
Ballast (lb): | 3,200 / 3,200 / 4,695 | |
Heads: | 1 | |
Berths: | 6 | |
Rig: | Sloop | |
Fuel (ltr): | 67 | |
Water (ltr): | 135 | |
Sail ID: | KT | |
Main (sq. feet): | 180 | |
No. 1 Genoa (sq. feet): | 333 | |
No 1 Jib (sq. feet): | 168 | |
Number Built: | 704 | |
Built: | 1979 - 1992 | |
Air Draft (mtr): | 12.2 |
Westerly Konsort Brochure here: Westerly Brochures
The Konsort Story
The Konsort Story can be found on the Westerly Owners Website here
Maintenance, Repair and Upgrades
Headlinings - One Konsort Owner's Approach
Rebuilding the Interior from Scratch - Pictures
Useful Dimensions
Konsort Cutless Bearing size
According to Trafalgar EVERY Konsort had a 25mm shaft so went and bought some callipers and measured mine and low and behold it was 25mm.
So used the callipers on the outside diameter of the cutlass bearing in the P Bracket - exactly 1.5 ins, and the length exactly 100 mm
More Photo's of the Konsort
Various Forum Discussions on the Konsort
Faster Than
The new RYA National Handicap for Cruisers [1] makes interesting reading. The Westerly Konsort (0.895) is faster than:
HUNTER HORIZON 30 | 0.894 |
RUSTLER 36 | 0.894 |
CONTESSA 33 | 0.893 |
MOODY ECLIPSE 33 | 0.891 |
HUNTER 30 | 0.889 |
SADLER 29 | 0.855 |
Significant Passages
Year | Boat Name | Sail Number | Keel | Passage | Comments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1990 | Rhumlady | KT213 | Fin | Atlantic Circuit | On the return the skipper had to run under bare poles north east of Bermuda for 4 days due to heavy weather. He suffered 4 knockdowns during that period but said that he felt the boat handled it far better than he did. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993 | Ohayo | KT213 | Fin | Bay of Biscay | David Harding crosses Biscay in a Force 8....read more here |
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